401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Gordon Food Service, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
13,416
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$186,205
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Gordon Food Service, Inc. · Michigan · Wholesale Trade

$2.5B in assets, 13,416 participants

Gordon Food Service, Inc.'s Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported $2.5B in total assets and 13,416 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #6,294 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan covers 13,416 participants in Michigan, 21x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $2.5B.

#6,294
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+23.6%
assets growth YoY
25×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's outsized position by total assets

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$2,498,128,166 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan is a mega filing (13,416 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from $246M in the plan year 2022 filing to $476M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 12,710 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,416 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 381249848 · Gordon Food Service, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · $2.5B · 13,416 · 99th

  • EOY $2.5B
  • 5500 13,416
  • ASSETS 99th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • EIN near Trinet Select 401(k) Plan
  • RANK ind #6294

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Gundersen Lutheran Employees' Retirement PlanGundersen Lutheran Employees…$2.5BGordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing PlanGordon Food Service, Inc. Pr…$2.5BTrinet Select 401(k) Plan$2.5BHighmark Investment Plan$2.5BSelect Medical Corporation 401(k) PlanSelect Medical Corporation 4…$2.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.5B
Net Income$476M
Employer EIN381249848
Plan Effective Date1960-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gordon Food Service, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gordon Food Service, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.8B 36.432297428185485% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B 202220232024 $2.02B $2.76B ▲ +36.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 12,710 $2.0B
2023 1 13,416 $2.5B
2024 1 13,884 $2.8B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Michigan

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.498128166 · Participants: 13416Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing PlanGeneral Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States, Total assets ($B): 20.378449285 · Participants: 47299General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United StatesFord Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 15.588575271 · Participants: 30516Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried EmployeesThe Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.084842211 · Participants: 18088The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings PlanThe General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States, Total assets ($B): 8.580684909 · Participants: 40393The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United StatesFord Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.617084451 · Participants: 59195Ford Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees
Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reports $2.5B in end-of-year assets across 13,416 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $186,205 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $476M.

This plan identity (EIN 381249848, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.8B (+36.4%) while covered participants moved from 12,710 to 13,884 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 12,710 $2.0B Open filing
2023 13,416 $2.5B This page
2024 · index core 13,884 $2.8B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Trinet Select 401(k) Plan in FL ($2.5B); by covered participants it is Capstone 401(k) Plan in GA (13,429 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,416 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 23.6% during 2023, from $2.0B to $2.5B. Reported net income was $476M.
How have Gordon Food Service, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gordon Food Service, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 36.4%, from $2.0B to $2.8B.
Where does Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Trinet Select 401(k) Plan in FL ($2.5B, 21,888 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Capstone 401(k) Plan in GA (13,429 participants, $41M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 381249848.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.